Adalida
A feminine name of unknown origin, perhaps a variant of Adelaide or Adela.
Name Census estimates that about 237 living Americans carry the first name Adalida. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Adalida today is around 9 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adalida births was 2021 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adalida. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
237
~ 1 in 1,446,221 Americans
Peak year
2021
28 babies that year
Average age
9
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,285
Tracked since 1995
Popularity
Adalida: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adalida from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 108 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adalida by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Adalida during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adalidas live
Origin
Meaning and history of Adalida
The name Adalida has its origins in ancient Germanic languages, believed to have first appeared around the 5th century AD. It is derived from the elements "adal" meaning noble or noble-born, and "lida" meaning people or nation. This suggests the name originally referred to someone of noble birth or lineage within a particular group or clan.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Frankish genealogical records of the 7th century, where an Adalida is mentioned as a noblewoman from the Merovingian dynasty. In the 9th century, an Adalida appears in the historical annals of the Carolingian Empire, recorded as a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Judith.
During the Middle Ages, the name Adalida was fairly common among the nobility and upper classes across various Germanic regions, including parts of modern-day Germany, France, and the Low Countries. It was particularly popular in areas under the influence of Frankish and Saxon culture.
In religious texts, an Adalida is mentioned as a nun in the 11th century chronicles of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gall in present-day Switzerland. Another Adalida is recorded as a benefactor who donated land to the Cistercian abbey of Himmerod in the 12th century, located in what is now western Germany.
Notable historical figures with the name Adalida include Adalida of Louvain (1015-1079), a wealthy noblewoman and patron of the arts in the Low Countries during the 11th century. In the 13th century, Adalida of Saxony (1225-1285) was a influential abbess and religious leader in the Holy Roman Empire.
Other examples include Adalida of Nuremberg (1380-1448), a respected scholar and writer during the Renaissance period, and Adalida von Mecklenburg (1550-1608), a German princess and landowner in the 16th century. In the 17th century, Adalida von Waldeck (1620-1691) was a prominent courtier and lady-in-waiting at the court of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel.
People
Adalida + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adalida as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Adalida: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adalida?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 237 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adalida going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,446,221 US residents.
Is Adalida a common name?
We classify Adalida as "Very Rare". It ranks above 76.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 239 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adalida most popular?
The single biggest year for Adalida was 2021, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adalida is about 9 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Adalida in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adalida a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Adalida in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Adalida still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adalida in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Adalida can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people have the name Adalida?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.